Railroad-rail.



, d Sept. 8, 1.914l I 3 .l g 1 M 5. 0.1 .Rum TAD SRD LDB LAL .EOI RF HLN .M0 ORN A F w L A P DL A Witnesses Inventor l Attorneys IHF NURRIS PEER C() PHOTDIITIU WA HNGON l) t yrimango;'nina;:sfiJiioi/i, or iIfsiliAncn'NoRrn DAKOTA, Assisnonro ,fili/infiel'ruiny L f' 'f ToiaZZ/whom t mag/oon'cemf Be it known that I, FRAiairO. HEnL'sTRoM, avitizen koi' the rUnited States," residingat. Bismarck, in the rcounty Hof Burleigh-Tand Stateof North Dakota, have. invented a neW MIB30-anmie and useful Railroadi-Rail-,of which the iole This invention relates lowing isa specicatiom to railroad rails, its ob]ect being to provide-trail or rail section madelup o-a reversible body and holding; members -combined therewith and extending throughout the length of the raiLthese mem-- -bers extending racross, the .meeting ends (of,

the bodies so .as thus to avoid the necessityiofy utilizing lish plates," tie plates, bolts or other similar devices. v

thisfcharacter. the body and holdingamemrelative to the holding :membersl is 'pre'-l bers of which have interiitting. 'portions whereby longitudinal creeping of theabody venteda;v

' "holdingmembers l t Another-Objectis toprovide holdingm'em# bers `havingnieans integral therewithfi'or engagingandbiting into a tie, thereby- .tof form means for binding and ,locking the parts i of the rail together; automatically and 'i oithe rail asto joints.

'Afurther object` is to f yprovide v.holding `members i which z ,bear upwardly `against the @lower surfaces of the lupper head Aof the body,lthu's to reinforcethe ,head and trans` mit-theithrust-therefrom tothe basesofthel M of the .body, -the-upperportlonofthe'flange atftheV same time prevent the railI from S- spreadingaor slipping.;

furtherv Aobject ,is `to prov-idefmeansvof.A this :character designedy to yred'i'ice tothe minimnni the number Aof 'spikes or-y other fasten ingdevices used in connection with. the rail..`

A `iurtherobject is'to provide a continu;y ous sectional rail by soarranging thepartsg. lca'usethem to form, lapped'.

-vAL still furtherobject is totprovide a'irail made up 4of-'separate ksections,wherebyfthe saidl sections canbefmade o'dii't'erent com-z With the :foregoing and otherl objects..

Vview whichwill appear as the description4 proceeds, the invention residesin Ithe com-1` bination andarrangement of parts and in the details -of construction,hereinafter lde- I scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in thepreciseembodiment of the linvention herein; disclosed, canbeymade sarnrrsrnnn Minco., or Bisi/ rencifuoarniDanone; if

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` Withinih fseope of shams-emma, :withilt'dsenta-191i I out departing .trom the spiritof the .inveni tlOIl.

l In the a'ccomipanyingz 'dravvingsI the "prei ferred f ormof the .invention lhas beenwshown, ;;;In vsaid.drawings:--F1gure'l 1s a vertical transverse section throughfa rail embody-f ing thepresent improvements.-` Fig.f2"isa side. elevation.. ofl `the vrail on a reduced scale,

'Ithe manner inswhich'thel holding member'4 extends'past th'eendsI ofthe meeting blades,

"being shown. 4.2;; Y -f l v*Referring tothe yigures-by characters ofy referenced'designates .the Web of the r`ai`l',,

the same constitutinga connection between l v r :two'opposedsimilar heads 2 and 3, either'of further object .is to provide a rail off these headsbeinggadaptedzto lie uppermost ywhile the other headIco-nstitutes a base for engaging seat 4 niadeup: of-,base plates 5 d extending' longitudinally, underhandz. laterf' ally beyond thegbody and providedl on. their lower iaces with longitudinalribs-6 l:which mounted;V lEach base platedhas an upwardly serve .both to reinforcethe `-base plates and,

to vengagethe tiesl 1T onwhich the plates arevv 'fit1 snugly againsty the side ofthe lower. head i' being inclined inwardly, asat 8soa`as'zto eX- tendupwardly underand into? Contact With the uppenheado tl the uppergheadvels'lwth teeth;

yrated,as vshown at 10v sofasto'engageythejy eteethfomribs- 92am@ thus ztueren@ the' rbodyl v from/shifting longijn'idinallyindependentlyoff the', plates yEwand their .flanges-1 7. 1

to l. it SI'iulcnrlyi y"aga-inst* therfhead so ythat the two -fholding 'membersf made up of the plates 5 and their flanges; thus will ,grip tightly uponfthe body when-the parts are properly in any desired mannen eitherl by ymeans of' Aspikes 1l,v or, boltsor screws 12, and lithyvill,v be noted that the "'ribs. 6, by extendmgfmto the tie, relieve the asteningi spikes or bolts 11'4 Aor lili-of; lateral. AstrainsfltojI which-they ,110

might otherwisebe subjected. These ribs alsocoperate with the tiesto bind and lock,v the parts offthe ,rail together and `to prevent the rail from slipping 'or spreading.

When the upper or' active head of the body becomes worn to anundesirable extent@ .the bodygcan bereversed or inverted so thatv V the had which had previously been lowerofthe rail and are so arrangedas to extend past the meeting ends of the body so that eling on the '.rails.

y y most, is thus .broughtinto position for engagement, but the wheels of the cars trav- It `will be noted, furthermore, .that the reinforcing ribs 6 are disposed in line with the thrust exerted downward from .the active-or vupper head of ,thebody so that the, devicefis thus ma` teri'ally `strengthefied and better able to withstand the strains to `which it is sub- ]ectedwhile in use; s

As .shown .in Fig. 2 the holdingmembers madepup of. .the plates 5 and their flanges` 7 ext'end longitudinally and continuously and 'reinforce `and support the entire bod itbecomes `unnecessary to Vuse fish plates, tie plates, bolts or 'other means of fastening.l All vof the partsmaking up the complete e rail can be rolled readily.

\ cludin'g a ibase,

It will be seen that by ma-king the rail of separate parts, thebody portion.y of the rail'oan be made `of a metal differingin grade from that 'of which the holding meml bers are formed.

'.It will benoted that the down thrust Vof therail` body upon the holding members is such as to bind saidholding members upon `the;body kand at the same time maintain them iconstantly in engagementwith the ties.

` f `lVhat is lclaimed visr-` A Y y l: A railroad rail 4including.1an u invertible "and reversible body v having-upper land lower duplicate heads, and holding members for receiving the body therebetween andfsup` porting the same,.`each1of said'm'embers in*- cluding a base, a ribextending downwardly therefrom,

base, `the flanges and bases yof the holding members'coperating to form a seat forthe reception of the lower head of the body,

and said yflanges'extending inwardlyfand upfaces of the upper duplicate heads, and holding members-for receiving `:the v body -therebetween and fsup* `porting the "saine, eachofsaid members Vin- 'a f flange npstanding "from the base, the flanges and bases of theholding memberscoperating tol form-i a rseat for the reception yofthelowerhead of the body, andsaid flanges extending `inwardlyrand' upwardly against the1 lwer lfacesnofthe upper head of fthe lbody, ithere being a reinforcing Abase plate in the line of ,the upper head against the ilc nge.

'a iiange upstanding from the `of the'body,A the land each including a base tending downwarly from `longitudinal. upstanding yplates and flanges coperating to form aseat" snugly 3. A railroad railfincluding an invertible and reversible bodyhaving upper and lower.

lduplicate heads, and holding members for`l` receiving the body therebetween and supf` porting `the same, each of said membersin-l.. eluding a base, a rib extending from the base,

standing flange extending the flanges.

5. yA railroad rail and reversible fbody downwardly u a fiange upstanding `from the base, the flanges and bases of the holding. members cooperating to lform a seat forthef` :reception of lthe lowerhead of the body, l.' land said flanges extending inwardly andup-vv fwardly against the lower faces of the upper-` {head ofthe body, there being interengagingl portions upon the meeting faces of thebodyq and flanges, for preventing longitudinal ymovement of the body relative to the flanges.

4c. A railroad railrinoluding an invertibleyk :and reversible body having upper and lowerf` duplicate heads and. a web connecting'y the? 'same, and. holding members, each of said 4members including a base, a rib extending downwardly from the base, and 'an up@y longitudinally` thereof, the bases and flanges of the two vholding members cooperating to .form a seat 1 .to fit snugly against andto receive the lower 2headuofithe body, the upper portions of the 1 u n `flangesV .bearing f `against vthe lower faces `of 19 the-upper head of the body, and interengaging means upon the lower face of the rupperu head and the flanges for hlding thebody s against Alongitudinal .movement relative to., A

including aninVert-ible havingupper and lower` thrust exerted duplicate heads and a web connecting vthe same, and Yholding members,-each of said:` members including a base, afrlb extending downwardly from thevbase and an upstand-f ing flange extending longitudinally thereoff thebases and nanges'offthejtwo holdingf members cooperating to form a seatvto. lit

snugly against and to receive `the lower head flanges bearing-against the lower `faee'stof the upper head ofthe body, teeth upon-the ,lower faces ofthe upper head, Uitl-saidy flanges yhaving toothed upper edgesfor en-` gagement with the'teeth.V v

upper portions ofthe 11o VI. i

911th y` "6.1The. combination v`with invertibleandj. 4 i reversible bodies having duplicate upper.;`

therebetween to receive and fit against thelowerheads of the bodies, said flanges converging upwardly'and engaging the lower faces 'of theupper headfof the 'and lower heads and a web connecting Athe meeting endsof" with-the bodies.

iflange, said base i rail, the holding members being extended 13o throughout the length of the bodies and past the ends thereof.

"7. `The combination with invertible and reversible vbodies having lduplicate upper and lower' heads and a webconneoting fthe heads, said bodieshaving meeting ends, of

` il holding` members combined with 'the bodies fr t and vreaohincluding a `base plate, ya rib'exv tending downwardly from thefbase and a ,l0`

longitudinal upstanding flange, vsaid vbase plates and flanges coperating to form a gaging the llower faces ofthe upper head of the rail, the holding members being extondod throughout tho1oogth of tho bodies and past the ends thereof, and means for fastening the bases to ties thereunder.

8. -The combination with invertible andl reversible bodies having duplicate upper andlower heads and a web connecting the Copies of this patent may he obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, v

heads, said bodies havingtmeet-ing" ends, of' l holding membersfoombinejdlwith the rbodies and each including a base plate, anda longitudinal upstandingflange, said base plates y and anges ooperating toform a seat'therebetween and toreoeive and*litsnuglyy against I the lower heads of the`bodies,'said flanges convergingI upwardly and engaging the extending reinforcing'l rib under each base plate for. receiving thethrust exerted from the upper head through the flange.

l30y lower faces' of the upper headvoft'he rail, the v holding members being extended throughouttheglength of the bodies and past the* vends thereof, there being va v longitudinally In testimony that Ielaim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK O. HELLSTROM.

t Witnesses: t

SELiNA "WILLsoN, O. E. SIMPSON.

Washingtoml). C. 

